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Re: Show HN: Tiny CLI to save AWS costs in dev environments when you're sleeping

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Post by swyx »

aramalipoor wrote: post #2

Just published a tiny CLI utility to save some bucks on AWS development environment while I'm not really working. https://github.com/aramalipoor/aws-cost-saver The idea is to stop/shutdown any resources (such as EC2 instances, RDS databases, ECS tasks, etc.) when you're done for the day and restore them back up next time you continue. Currently it's in a very early stage, a hobby side-project :) Ideally I'm thinking…

interesting work! i feel like this can't be a new problem. what comparable tools exist for doing this today? its basically just spinning up a staging env while you work and spinning down when you knock off work right? almost like a heroku dyno spinning up for you.

Re: Show HN: Tiny CLI to save AWS costs in dev environments when you're sleeping

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Post by aliswe »

swyx wrote: post #11
aramalipoor wrote: post #2

Just published a tiny CLI utility to save some bucks on AWS development environment while I'm not really working. https://github.com/aramalipoor/aws-cost-saver The idea is to stop/shutdown any resources (such as EC2 instances, RDS databases, ECS tasks, etc.) when you're done for the day and restore them back up next time you continue. Currently it's in a very early stage, a hobby side-project :) Ideally I'm thinking…

interesting work! i feel like this can't be a new problem. what comparable tools exist for doing this today? its basically just spinning up a staging env while you work and spinning down when you knock off work right? almost like a heroku dyno spinning up for you.

I would regard it as a fairly new problem actually, the same age as the "developer resources on a per-minute basis" phenomenon.

Re: Show HN: Tiny CLI to save AWS costs in dev environments when you're sleeping

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Post by bufferoverflow »

barkingcat wrote: post #9

I find it price gouging that AWS doesn't already implement this on their own within their pricing structure and that you need a 3rd party tooling to do this.

If you don't like their prices, why don't you just switch to another provider? Plenty of good clouds. And even more dedicated / VPS servers, if you want truly crazy savings.

Re: Show HN: Tiny CLI to save AWS costs in dev environments when you're sleeping

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Post by aliswe »

barkingcat wrote: post #9

I find it price gouging that AWS doesn't already implement this on their own within their pricing structure and that you need a 3rd party tooling to do this.

Are you seriously alleging that NOT implementing a "stop resources when I sleep/am not around" feature amounts to price gouging?

Re: Show HN: Tiny CLI to save AWS costs in dev environments when you're sleeping

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Post by spockz »

cybrix wrote: post #10
barkingcat wrote: post #9

I find it price gouging that AWS doesn't already implement this on their own within their pricing structure and that you need a 3rd party tooling to do this.

They earn more money by not doing this.

The downside of shutting down the resources is that there may be none available anymore in that sizing or pricing when you want to start them up again. I suppose they also don’t want to risk being liable for that.
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